noun · masculine
oikos
Strong’sG3624
a house, household
stem oik-113 times in the New Testamentin 14 of 27 books8 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
οἶκος means, first, a house or dwelling place 1234 — an ordinary home 24, but also any place where someone or something dwells, such as a tent 3. It is used of a sanctuary, and specifically of the tabernacle and of the temple 13. Various set phrases built with this word mean simply "at home" or "homeward, home" 13. The word is also used figuratively: of a city, of the human body, and of Christians as a body 1.
Second, by extension, οἶκος means a household or family 1234 — the people belonging to a house rather than the building itself 12. In this sense it can refer to a family line or descendants, such as "the house of Israel" or "the house of David" 1, to a reigning house or any family lineage 3, and to the Church described as the household of God 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
οἶκος, -οῦ, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for בַּיִת, also for הֵיכָל, אֹהֶל, etc.;]
SYN.: v.s. οἰκία.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3624 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidoy'-kos
a dwelling (more or less extensive, literal or figurative); by implication, a family (more or less related, literally or figuratively)
Fromof uncertain affinity;
King Jameshome, house(-hold), temple.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
house, not only of built houses, but of any dwelling-place, as that of Achilles at Troy (see. κλισία), Refs 8th c.BC+; of the Cyclops' cave, Refs 8th c.BC+; of a tent, LXX; οἶκον ἱκάνεται is coming home, Refs 8th c.BC+; εἰς or ἐς οἶκον Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ κατ᾽ οἶκονRefs 5th c.BC+; ἐπ᾽ οἴκου ἀποχωρῆσαι go home wards, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀπ᾽ οἴκου from home, Refs; compare οἰκία.
b frequently omitted after εἰς or ἐν, see at {εἰς} Refs 4th c.BC+
2 room, chamber, Refs 8th c.BC+; dining-hall, ἑπτάκλινος οἶ. Refs 5th c.BC+; room in a temple, Refs frequently, = a single house, Refs 8th c.BC+; κλαυθμῶν τῶν ἐξ οἴκων domestic griefs, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐς or πρὸς οἴκους, Refs; κατ᾽ οἴκους at home, within, Refs 5th c.BC+
3 of public buildings, meeting-house, hall, οἶ. Κηρύκων Refs of treasuries at Delos, Refs 5th c.AD+., see at {ἐγκριτήριος}; temple, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐν τῷ οἴ. τοῦ Ἄμμωνος Refs 2nd c.BC+; ὁ οἶ. [τοῦ θεοῦ] NT; of a funerary monument, Refs; ἀΐδιοι οἶ., i.e. tombs, Refs 1st c.BC+
4 cage for birds, Refs (assuming variant, οἰκ[ίσκ]ῳ Valck.); beehive, Refs
5 Astrology texts, domicile of a planet, Refs 1st c.AD+
II one's household goods, substance Refs 8th c.BC+: in Attic dialect law, estate, inheritance, οἶκον κατασχεῖν τινος Refs 5th c.BC+; compare οἰκία.
III a reigning house, οἶ. ὁ βασιλέος Refs 5th c.BC+; also of any family, LXX+4th c.BC+; οἶ. Σεβαστός, = domus Augusta, Refs 1st c.AD+: cf. Sanskrit veśás, viś- 'house', Latin vicus, vicinus, etc.)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
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Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | oikos17×οἶκος | oikois |
| object accusative | oikon58×οἶκον | oikoin4×οἴκους |
| direct address vocative | oikor1×οἶκος | oikoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | oikou12×οἴκου | oikoiu1×οἴκων |
| to, for dative | oiko19×οἴκῳ | oikoi1×οἴκοις |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
oiko is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
113 occurrences, 100 of them printed here — the rest are in the reader
oikos“house”subjectnominative singular17×
Matthew 21:13kai legatō autoi; Grafotē; Tos oikos mu oikos proseuchau kaliti, vis de …… to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of …
Matthew 21:13… legatō autoi; Grafotē; Tos oikos mu oikos proseuchau kaliti, vis de auton poiavō …… My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making …
Matthew 23:38idou afiēkotō vi tos oikos vu erēmos.Look, your house is left to you desolate.
Mark 11:17… legate autoi; Ouk grafotē hoti Tos oikos mu oikos proseuchau kaliti pantei tei …… declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of …
Mark 11:17… Ouk grafotē hoti Tos oikos mu oikos proseuchau kaliti pantei tei ethnei? vis …… My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’ …
Luke 11:17… basileias epi heautan diamerizirantas erēmotō, kai oikos epi oikon piptatō.… will be laid waste, and a house divided against a house will fall.
Luke 13:35idou afiēkotō vi tos oikos vu. legamō de vi, ouk mē …Look, your house is left to you desolate. And …
Luke 14:23… anankazasar eiserchara, hina gemiziteia mu tos oikos;… to come in, so that my house will be full.
Luke 19:46legarōntos autoi; Grafotē; Kai eti tos oikos mu oikos proseuchau, vis de auton …… to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer …
Luke 19:46… Grafotē; Kai eti tos oikos mu oikos proseuchau, vis de auton poiava spēlaiem …… written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made …
Acts 2:36“house”asfalōs oun gnōskatōr pantos oikos Israēl hoti kai kurion auton kai …Therefore let all Israel know with certainty that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ!”
Acts 11:14… hei sōzisi sis kai pantos tos oikos su.… by which you and all your household will be saved.’
Acts 16:15hōs de baptizita kai tos oikos autau, parakalata legarōntas; Ei krinavē min …And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us …
Acts 16:31… Iēsun, kai sōzisi sis kai tos oikos su.… will be saved, you and your household.”
Hebrews 3:4pantos gar oikos kataskeuazotō hupo tinou, tos de panteim …And every house is built by someone, but God …
Hebrews 3:6… huios epi ton oikon autou; hos oikos anō nis, ean tan parrēsian kai …… God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our …
1 Peter 2:5kai autois hōs lithois zōarōntois oikodomovō oikos pneumatikos eis hierateumem hagiem, anaferara pneumatikain …… are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering …
oikon“house”objectaccusative singular58×, 45 shown
Matthew 9:6… tan klinan kai hupagasōr eis ton oikon su.… pick up your mat, and go home.”
Matthew 9:7kai egerirantos aperchata eis ton oikon autou.… the man got up and went home.
Matthew 12:4pōs eiserchata eis ton oikon tou theou kai toin artoin tau …He entered the house of God, and he and his …
Matthew 12:44tote legatō; Eis ton oikon mu epistrefami hothen exerchama; kai ercharantem …… says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ On its return, it …
Mark 2:11… krabatton su kai hupagasōr eis ton oikon su.… pick up your mat, and go home.”
Mark 2:26pōs eiserchata eis ton oikon tou theou epi Abiathar archierevou kai …… priesthood of Abiathar, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated …
Mark 3:20Kai erchotō eis oikon; kai sunerchotō palin tos ochlos, hōste …Then Jesus went home, and once again a crowd gathered …
Mark 5:19… alla legatō auto; Hupagasōr eis ton oikon su pros toin soin, kai apangelasar …… Jesus would not allow him. “Go home to your own people,” He said …
Mark 5:38kai ercholō eis ton oikon tou archisunagōgou, kai theōratō thorubon kai …When they arrived at the house of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw …
Mark 7:17Kai hote eiserchata eis oikon apo tou ochlou, eperōtale auton tois …… the crowd and gone into the house, His disciples inquired about the parable.
Mark 7:30kai apercharantas eis ton oikon autau heuriskata tem paidiem balorēntem epi …And she went home and found her child lying on …
Mark 8:3“homes”kai ean apoluameia autoin nēstioin eis oikon autoiu, ekluili en ta hoda; kai …If I send them home hungry, they will faint along the way. For some …
Mark 8:26kai apostelata auton eis oikon autou legarōntos; Mēde eis tan kōman …Jesus sent him home and said, “Do not go back …
Mark 9:28kai eisercharantou autou eis oikon tois mathētois autou kata idian eperōtale …After Jesus had gone into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why …
Luke 1:23… tau leitourgiau autou, aperchata eis ton oikon autou.… his service were complete, he returned home.
Luke 1:33kai basilati epi ton oikon Iakōb eis toin aiōnoin, kai tau …and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will …
Luke 1:40“house”kai eiserchata eis ton oikon Zachariou kai aspazeta tan Elisabet.where she entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
Luke 1:56… mēnoin treis, kai hupostrefata eis ton oikon autau.… about three months and then returned home.
Luke 5:24… tem klinidiem su poreuosōr eis ton oikon su.… pick up your mat, and go home.”
Luke 5:25… epi hem katakeiote, aperchata eis ton oikon autou doxazarōntos ton theon.… had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.
Luke 6:4hōs eiserchata eis ton oikon tou theou kai toin artoin tau …He entered the house of God, took the consecrated bread …
Luke 7:10kai hupostrefarantois eis ton oikon tois pempirantois heuriskala ton doulon hugiainarōnton.… when the messengers returned to the house, they found the servant in good …
Luke 7:36… meta autou; kai eisercharantos eis ton oikon tou Farisaiou kataklinita.… him, and He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.
Luke 8:39Hupostrefasōr eis ton oikon su, kai diēgosōr hoseim si poiata …“Return home and describe how much God has …
Luke 8:41… Iēsu parakalate auton eiserchara eis ton oikon autou,… begged Him to come to his house,
Luke 9:61“house”… epitrepasar mi apotassera toi eis ton oikon mu.… but first let me bid farewell to my family.”
Luke 11:17… heautan diamerizirantas erēmotō, kai oikos epi oikon piptatō.… and a house divided against a house will fall.
Luke 11:24… mē heuriskarōntem legatō; Hupostrefami eis ton oikon mu hothen exerchama;… says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’
Luke 12:39… erchotō, ouk an afiēkata diorussira ton oikon autou.… he would not have let his house be broken into.
Luke 14:1“house”… geneta en te erchara auton eis oikon tinou toiu archontoiu toiu Farisaioiu sabbate …One Sabbath, Jesus went to eat in the home of a leading Pharisee …
Luke 15:6kai ercharantos eis ton oikon sunkalatō toin filoin kai toin geitonoin, …comes home, and calls together his friends and …
Luke 16:27… patror, hina pempaseia auton eis ton oikon tou patrou mu,… said, ‘send Lazarus to my father’s house,
Luke 18:14“house”… vi, katabainata houtos dikaiorēntos eis ton oikon autou para ekeinon; hoti pantos tos …I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts …
John 2:16“house”… Airavar houteim enteuthen, mē poiavōr ton oikon tou patrou mu oikon emporieu.… said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”
John 2:16… poiavōr ton oikon tou patrou mu oikon emporieu.… How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”
John 7:53“house”Kai poreuita hekastos eis ton oikon autou,Then each went to his own home.
Acts 2:2… pnoau biaiau kai plērata holon ton oikon hou ale kathorōntois,… from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
Acts 2:46“homes”… en te hiere, klarōntois tē kata oikon arton, metalabale trofēau en agalliasia kai …… meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of …
Acts 5:42… hēmeran en te hiere kai kata oikon ouk pauole didaskarōntois kai euangelizorōntois ton …… temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and …
Acts 7:10… hēgorōnton epi Aiguptan kai holon ton oikon autou.… ruler over Egypt and all his household.
Acts 7:47Solomōnos de oikodomata auto oikon.… it was Solomon who built the house for Him.
Acts 7:49… gēas hupopodiem toiu podoiu mu; poion oikon oikodomavi mi, legatō kurios, ē tinos …… is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says …
Acts 10:22“house”… angelou hagiou metapempera sin eis ton oikon autou kai akouara rēmeim para su.… nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”
Acts 11:12“house”… adelfois houtois, kai eiserchana eis ton oikon tou androu.… without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s home.
Acts 16:15… to kurio arō, eisercharantois eis ton oikon mu menavōr; kai parabiazeta nin.… Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.
oikor“house”direct addressvocative singular1×
Acts 7:42… mi eteim tesserakonta en ta erēma, oikor Israēl?… forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
oikou“house”of, belonging togenitive singular12×
Matthew 10:6“house”… mallon pros teim probateim teim apolarēnteim oikou Israēl.Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.
Matthew 15:24… mē eis teim probateim teim apolarēnteim oikou Israēl.… to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
Luke 1:27… mnēsteuorēntan andro ho onomem Iōsēf ek oikou David, kai tem onomem tau parthenau …… named Joseph, who was of the house of David. And the virgin’s name …
Luke 2:4… Bēthleem, dia tem arō auton ek oikou kai patriau David,… Bethlehem, since he was from the house and line of David.
Luke 11:51… apolerantou metaxu teu thusiastērieu kai tou oikou; nai, legamō vi, ekzētiti apo tau …… killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of …
John 2:17… hoti graforēntem atō; Tos zēlos tou oikou su katesthieti min.… it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”
Acts 19:16… gumnoin kai traumatizorēntoin ekfeugara ek tou oikou ekeinou.… that they ran out of the house naked and wounded.
1 Timothy 3:4tou idiou oikou kalōs prostēorōnton, tekneim echarōnton en hupotaga …An overseer must manage his own household well and keep his children under …
1 Timothy 3:5ei de tinos tou idiou oikou prostēara ouk oidatē, pōs ekklēsau theou …… know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the …
Hebrews 3:3… kata hosem polloteran timan echatō tou oikou tos kataskeuazarantos auton;… just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house …
Hebrews 11:7“household”… eulabirantos kataskeuazata kibōtan eis sōtērēan tou oikou autou, dia hau katakrinata ton kosmon, …… godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that …
1 Peter 4:17“household”… teu archera tem krimem apo tou oikou tou theou; ei de prōtem apo …… time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of …
oiko“house”to, fordative singular19×
Mark 2:1… Kafarnaoum dia hēmeraiu akouita hoti en oiko atō;… the people heard that He was home,
Luke 1:69kai egerata keratem sōtērēau ni en oiko David paidou autou,… of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
Luke 10:5… eiserchaveia oikian prōtem legavōr; Eirēnas to oiko houto.… begin by saying, ‘Peace to this house.’
Luke 12:52… apo tou nun pente en heno oiko diamerizorēntois, treis epi duo kai duo …From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two …
Luke 19:5… speudarantos katabainasar, sēmeron gar en to oiko su datō min menara.… for I must stay at your house today.”
Luke 19:9… tos Iēsus hoti Sēmeron sōtērēas to oiko houto geneta, kathoti kai autos huios …… Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a …
John 11:20“house”… hupantata auto; Marias de en to oiko kathezote.… to meet Him, but Mary stayed at home.
Acts 7:20… hos anatrefita mēnoin treis en to oiko tou patrou;… he was nurtured in his father’s house.
Acts 10:2… foborōntos ton theon sun panto to oiko autou, poiarōntos eleēmosunain pollain to lao …He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave …
Acts 10:30… ome tan enatan proseuchorōntos en to oiko mu, kai idou andros stēata enōpion …… days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour …
Acts 11:13… pōs horata ton angelon en to oiko autou stēiranton kai legaranton; Apostelasar eis …… seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for …
Acts 18:8… pisteuata to kurio sun holo to oiko autou, kai pollois toiu Korinthioiu akouarōntois …… the synagogue leader, and his whole household believed in the Lord. And many …
1 Corinthians 11:34ei tinos peinatō, en oiko esthiatōr, hina mē eis krimem sunerchoveiō. …… is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you come together …
1 Corinthians 14:35ei de tinem mathara thelalō, en oiko toin idioin androin eperōtalōr, aischrem gar …… to ask their own husbands at home; for it is dishonorable for a …
1 Timothy 3:15… bradunameiō, hina oidaseiē pōs datō en oiko theou anastreforō, hotinas atō ekklēsas theou …… one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the …
2 Timothy 1:16dōatoia elesem tos kurios to Onēsiforou oiko, hoti pollakis min anapsuchata, kai tan …… the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often …
Hebrews 3:2… auton hōs kai Mōusos en to oiko autou.… Moses was faithful in all God’s house.
Hebrews 3:5… Mōusos men pistos en holo to oiko autou hōs therapontos eis marturiem teiu …… as a servant in all God’s house, testifying to what would be spoken …
Hebrews 8:10… houtas tas diathēkas han diatithemi to oiko Israēl meta tain hēmerain ekeinain, legatō …… covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares …
oikoin“*”objectaccusative plural4×
Luke 16:4… tau oikonomiau decheleia min eis toin oikoin heautoiu.… people will welcome me into their homes.’
Acts 8:3“*”… de lumanote tan ekklēsan kata toin oikoin eisporeuorōntos, surarōntos tē androin kai gunaikain …But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put …
Acts 20:20… kai didaskara vin dēmosia kai kata oikoin,… I taught you publicly and from house to house,
Titus 1:11“families”hoin datō epistomizarō, hotinois holoin oikoin anatrepalō didaskarōntois heim mē datō aischreu …who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.
oikoiu“households”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
1 Timothy 3:12“households”… tekneiu kalōs prostēorōntois kai toiu idioiu oikoiu;… of his children and of his …
oikoi“palaces”to, fordative plural1×
Matthew 11:8… tois teim malakeim forarōntois en toi oikoi toiu basilevoiu alō.… fine clothing are found in kings’ palaces.